1. Job 3:17–19 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Commentary on Job 3:17–19 (Summary)

Job 3:17–19 (ESV)

17 There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.

Jobs wishes to be at rest among the people that he lists here: the wicked, the weary, the captives and their slave drivers, slaves, and masters. Death brings an end to everything and makes everyone equal.

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